Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. wILLIS, 0F FOREST OI'IY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHlNG-M ACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 80,299, dated July 25, 1876; application filed May 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. H. WILLIS, of Forest City, in the county of Holt and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing- Machines, of which the following is a specification:

The-nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a washingmachine, as will be hereinafter more fully Set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this frame thus constructed is a platform, E, for

the support of the tub when brought out from beneath the rubber while the clothes are being passedthrough the wringer. At one end of the frame I attach a wringer-board, F, to

- one of the standards O, the outer end of which is supported by the brace a. This board supports a wringer to be used after the clothes have been thoroughly rubbed.

I Across the bed or platform Aare two parallel transverse grooves, 0, extending from the front edge to near the rear edge, to receive corresponding cleats b b, fastened under the bottom of the tub Or, so that the tub will always be retained in proper position, and at the same time may be easily moved out or in, for which latter purpose it is providedon the front side with a handle, cl.

On the bottom of the tub G are arranged ribs h h and W, in the following manner: Four ribs, h, are secured radially at equal distances apart, and extending from the sides of the tub to a suitable distance from the center, as shown. Between these ribs, midway, are secured four ribs, k also radially, and

from the sides inward; but these 'ribs are shorter than the ribs h, Eight still shorter ribs, h are secured midway between the ribs 72 and W, as shown;

. then to the other without any tearing or straining action.

The rubber H is secured to a vertical shaft, I, which passes up through the center of the top bar. D, and has a crank, J, on its upper "end. On each side of the shaft .in the bar D is a pin,f, which limits the movement of the crank and of the rubber. On top of the rubber is a hinged bail, m, which is to catch on a hook, 1",'in the bar D when the rubber is elevated, so'as to suspend the same while the tub is being moved out and in.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the bed A, having transverse grooves c c, and the tub Gr, provided with the cleats b b, the rubber H, crankshaft J, bar D, hinged bail m, and hook r, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the rubber H, crankshaft I, bar D, hinged bail m, and hook r, Substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. H. WILLIS. Witnesses: v

J AS. F. DU HAMEL,

DANIEL J OHNSON. 

